Sock or half hose



June 2, 1925.

H. L. KINNE SOCK OR HALF HOSE Filed Oct. 6. 1924 Patented June 2, 1925.

UNITED STATES HARRY LOVELAND KINNE, oF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

SOCK O'R HALF HOSE.

Application led October 6, 1924. Serial No. 741,959.

To all 'whom t vmay concern.'

Beit known that I, HARRY LovnLAND KiNNn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oak Park, in the county of Cook and tate of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Socks or Half Hose, ofwhich the following is a specication. v

This invention relates to socks or halfhose such as worn by infants andchildren.

The ordinary ysock of knitted cotton, lisle, silk, liber, wool, orcombination of any or all of such materials will not remain up, despitethe springiness or inherent resiliency of knitted material.Consequently, while the ordinary sock or half-hose is commonly providedwith a top knitted for the purpose of elastically engaging the childsleg for the purpose of holding the sock up, nevertheless the sock slipsdown around the childs or infants shoe top and presents an unsightlyappearance. Garters have been resorted to for the purpose of overcomingthis tendency but unless they are uncomfortably tight, they do notproperly hold the sock up on the leg. The object of my invention is toprovide a sock or half-hose for infants and children which will havemeans whereby the leg part thereof will remain up when the sock is worn,present a neat and dressy appearance, have no tendency to settle or slipdown over the shoe tops and will obviate the necessity for usinggarters.

The invention is carried out by providing the sock with a leg in theform of a cuff comprising a plurality of thicknesses, folds, or rolls,the cuff being so constructed that it will firmly, yet comfortably,grasp the leg of the child and will possess a certain stiffnesspreventing it from fallingor settling aroundthe shoe top, while beingoffk such height or length that it will serve as a leg part and yet willmot require agarter.

In carrying out the invention, I do not limit the cuff to any numberof'thicknesses, rolls, folds, or plies but intend the claim, unlessotherwise specified, to cover such a number of rolls, thicknesses,folds, plies, or the like as may be found necessary, according to thesize of sock and material of which it is made. Nor is the sock limitedto any material as it may be knit from cotton, lisle,

silk, fiber, Wool, or a combination of any or all of said materials.

In practice, the folds of the cuff may occur where there is providedtransversely arranged knitted ribs, said ribs being circular andextending crosswise in relation to the vertical ribs of the cuff.

\The provision of the circularly arranged ribs not only defines evenfolds for the cuff but insures that degree of stiffness in lthe cuit'that prevents the cuff from falling down or sagging and yet the circularribs being elastic, they do not interfere with the elastic grippingaction of the culi".

One embodiment of the invention is set forth hereinafter and disclosedin the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a side elevation of the sock i when ready for use; Af

Fig. 2, is a similar view, showing the leg opened out tobetterillustrate the circular ribs; and

Fig. 3, is a vertical section through the cuff of the sock, showing thefolded thicknesses or plies'l The sock orhalf-hose has the* usual foot2, it is of about the usual length. 'Ihe leg' may be provided withknitted, circularly arranged ribs 3 which, in the embodimentv shown inthe drawings, subdivide the leg intothree sections. It will beunderstood, however, that the invention is not limited to the use of theribs 3, Inor to any number of folds, rolls or thicknesses constitutingthe culi". I

.The leg 2 is preferably provided with vertical or lengthwise extendingribs 4 to afford' the requisite springncss or clinging tendency.

The cuff, asshown in Figs. 1, 3, is of suiicient length to constitute astocking leg for infants and childrens half-hose'and yet it doesnot sagorA fall down andv atall times presents a neat and dressy appearance,while being comfortable and obviating the neces sity of using garters.

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I am aware that full length stockings haver.

roll the tops of stoekingsover garters but my invent-ion dispensesentirely with the use y of garters and is particularly intended -forterial, or combination of materials, as previously set forth.

I claim: f A sock comprising solely a foot, and an elasticself-retaining cul' located immediately above said loot, the ut beingknitted and provided' with longitudinally extending stifening ribsthroughout its length, and also provided with spaced, circular-ly,arranged knitted ribs at different heights defining folding regions forthe plurality of' overlying sections which compose the cuff.

ture.

HARRY LOVELAND KINNE.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signa-

